Dispensing cabinet



Feb. 7, 1928. 1,658,608

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1,658,608 M. M. MARCUSE DIsPENsING CABINET Filed Dec. 5, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESS other or `in gripping engagement with aninterposed web. Referring to Figures 2 and 5, it will be seen that feedrollers 20 are paired with the feed rollerslS, the `shaft 19 whichcarries` the latterbeing provided with a spur gear 22 which meshes. witha coin controlled spurgear 23. The spur gear 23 is keyed to a shaft24which carries on its outer end a manually operated knob 25 whichjmaybe operated when suitable coin controlled mechanism (not shown) isreleased by the insertion `of a coin in a slot 26. As shown in Figure 1,the bottoni wall 27 of the housing 1 is provided with a down- .wardlypresented slot or opening 28 thru which the web is fed by the feedrollers 18 and 20. A flange 29 is lsuitably arranged to serve as atearing edge at the end of each limited Vfeed movement permitted by thecoin control mechanism. A` suitable guard or apron 30 may be arranged to`extend partway around the peripheries ofthe feed rollers `20.Inordertoaccommodate this "forward extension ofthe parts, thefront-,cover 2 oflthe vmain housing is provided with a cylindricalprotuberant portion 31, the space within the protuberant wall 31affording ready access to tlieslot 28 for positioning the webwhen thefront cover 2 is permitted to hangvertically as indicated in dottedlines in Figure 1. Y

Whenever occasion arises to charge the cabinet with a fresh supply ofpaper toweling, the front cover `2 is opened, the removable receptacleis'withdrawn and the fresh stock inserted within from the rear, thedetecting arm 11 being raisedfor this purpose. The top plate 14 mayV nowbe swung about its piv0t`15 to hang within the rearfopening betweent-helend walls 9, 9; The freeend of the web `is next drawn `overthe tableorplate 16 after which thetop plate 14is returned `to its normal positionas shown in Figure `1. The removable container.i`s` n`ow ready lto beinserted into the cabinet' and the free end of the web drawn downwardlythrirtheslotH or opening28 at the bottom `of the'cabinet. In ordertofacilitate this imanipulation, `the forward shaft 21 carrying the feedrollers 20` is movably j ournalled in end bearings 32, said shaft 21being normally retained lin position by a sliding bar 33 at either end.EachV of` said bars is slidably mounted inv a bo`x`-like guide 34.Suitable means for guiding the removable container into and out of thecabinet may be provided by suitable ribs 3l on the opposite end walls 9,9, of the receptacle. The free edge of the web having been drawn thruthe o eiiing 28, the feed rollers 2O with their s iaft 21 may bereinserted and the cabinet closed in readiness to be placed in service.It will also lic understood frointhe foregoing de seription, that theinner wall of the protuberant portion 31 of the cabinet front cover 2,forms a part-circular recess within which the leed rollers 20 with theirshaft 21 may be deposited while the web is being arranged prior to thereplacement of the removable `feed rollers.

i I claiinz 1. A `portable receptacle for dispensing cabinets, providedwith an opening in its rear wall for receiving the material to bedispensed, a front wall having a platen extendinginwardly from the upperedge thereof,

and a top wall having its forward7 edge nor nially resting upon saidplaten wherloy the stock tobe dispensed is placed under tension as it isdrawn over saidplaten and between it and the forward edge of said cover,said top being revolvable about its rear edge into position to closesaid opening in the rear wall of said receptacle. n

2. il dispensing container comprising laterally spaced end walls, afront wall, a )laten arranged in the plane of the uppeije ge of saidfront wall, a cover `pivoted between saidend `walls upon an axisextending transversely tosaid end walls and adjacent to tlie'upper-rearcorners thereof said cover being revolvable about its axis from a position inwhich its forward edge rests upon said platen into a position inwhich it de pends from said axis, said container having "an opening att-liebaclr for accommodating said cover in depending position. n

3.1i. dispensing Vcontainer i'or a folded continuous web, said containercomprising ica laterally spaced end walls, an inset front wall, a coverpivoted between said end walls uponan axis extending transversely tosaid end walls and adjacent to the upper rear corners thereof, saideovei having its forward edge resting upon `the upper edge of said frontwall,`a detector arm arranged within said receptacle, a shaft forcarrying said detector arm, said shaft being oscillatable upon an axisextending from front to rear ofthe upper edge of one of said endwalls,and an indicator arin oscillatable with said detector arm, saidindicator arm being ,arranged in` the space between said front wall andthe forward edges of said end walls. et. In a dispensing cabinet, areceptacle for web to be dispensed, said receptacle having a platenadjacent its upper forward corner anda drag pivoted upon an axis distantfrom said platen and having its forward museos edge of said front Welland normally adapted 10 to exert e yeldable pressure upon the web as itpasses over said upper edge, said drug being?)` movable around its axisfrom its nor-` mal operative position into a position in which itdepends from its axis at the rear 15 of said container.

MOSES M. MARCUSE.

